For the Glory of the Union: Myth, Reality, and the Media in Civil War New JerseyFairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984 - 231 pages American newspapers during the War Between the States were intensely partisan and reported the war news with strong biases. This intriguing study in the manipulation of the news follows the account of the military adventures of the Twenty-Sixth New Jersey Infantry, a nine-month volunteer regiment raised in and around Newark. |
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Page 28
... party organization in the state before the war . During the 1860 campaign , little effort had been made to perfect the party organization , so confident were its leaders of success . Once secession was a reality , Republicans sought to ...
... party organization in the state before the war . During the 1860 campaign , little effort had been made to perfect the party organization , so confident were its leaders of success . Once secession was a reality , Republicans sought to ...
Page 56
... party press , has been long forgotten . While the Mercury yet lived , it " unhesitatingly " claimed for itself " the position of being the only daily journal published in this section of New Jersey not under Democratic influences ...
... party press , has been long forgotten . While the Mercury yet lived , it " unhesitatingly " claimed for itself " the position of being the only daily journal published in this section of New Jersey not under Democratic influences ...
Page 58
... party . It shall . . . maintain the views of the party in all municipal affairs . 3. No person holding opposite political sentiments from ours shall , di- rectly or indirectly , have any connection with or control over the editorial ...
... party . It shall . . . maintain the views of the party in all municipal affairs . 3. No person holding opposite political sentiments from ours shall , di- rectly or indirectly , have any connection with or control over the editorial ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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